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AMC Weighs Own Cryptocurrency in Nod to Meme Investors

An AMC movie theater in the Times Square neighborhood of New York.

Photographer: Amir Hamja/Bloomberg
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AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc., the world’s largest theater chain, is exploring the creation of its own cryptocurrency in a fresh nod to the meme investors who have sent its stock soaring over 2,000% this year.

The company is also talking with Hollywood studios about creating commemorative nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, related to major films.